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1956 TANFL season

The 1956 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 31 March and 8 September 1956.

**1956 TANFL Premiership Season**
General Information

Founded	1879 in Hobart
Previous names	TFA (1879–1886) STFA (1887–1905) TFL (1906–1927)
TANFL President	Mr Merv McNeair
Participating clubs	Clarence Kangaroos New Town Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Robins Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums	North Hobart Oval New Town Oval Bellerive Oval Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval
1956 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers	New Town 8.7 (55) v Nth Hobart 7.10 (52)
Grand Final attendance	12,182 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance	128,821 for 45 matches at 2,863
Total Finals Series attendance	39,047 for 4 matches at 9,761
Total aggregate attendance	167,868 for 49 matches at 3,426

Participating Clubs

1956 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

(Saturday, 8 September 1956)

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 15 September 1956)

Attendance: 7,350 at North Hobart Oval

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 29 September 1956)

Attendance: 7,692 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 28 April 1956)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1956)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 23 June 1956)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 21 July 1956)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 21 July 1956)

Interstate Matches

See: 1956 Australian National Football Championships

Match Two (Thursday, 14 June 1956)

Match Five (Tuesday, 19 June 1956)

Match Eight (Thursday, 21 June 1956)

Match Nine (Saturday, 23 June 1956)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1956 TANFL Ladder

Round 1

(Saturday, 31 March. Monday, 2 April & Saturday 7 April 1956)

Round 2

(Saturday, 14 April 1956)

Round 3

(Saturday, 21 April 1956)

Round 4

(Saturday, 5 May 1956)

Round 5

(Saturday, 12 May 1957)

Round 6

(Saturday, 19 May 1956)

Round 7

(Saturday, 2 June & Monday, 4 June 1956)

Round 8

(Saturday, 9 June 1956)

Round 9

(Saturday, 16 June 1956)

Round 10

(Saturday, 30 June 1956)

Round 11

(Saturday, 7 July 1956)

Round 12

(Saturday, 14 July 1956)

Round 13

(Saturday, 28 July 1956)

Round 14

(Saturday, 4 August 1956)

Round 15

(Saturday, 11 August 1956)

Final senior TANFL match staged at New Town Oval, New Town relocated to Glenorchy after this season and moved to KGV Park.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 18 August 1956)

Attendance: 9,530 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 25 August 1956)

Attendance: 7,462 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 1 September 1956)

Attendance: 9,873 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final